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Originally Posted by stefaan
Materialists claim the ego is nothing more than the product of a working brain. Dualists believe there is a soul which is able to live without a brain, lives on when you die, etc.
Neurologist Lionel Feuillet had some patients with tiny brains, even one with almost no braintissue at al. They all functioned well. One example:
The large black space shows the fluid that replaced much of the patient’s brain (left). For comparison, the images (right) show a typical brain without any abnormalities (Images: Feuillet et al./The Lancet)
If you ask me, this is nearly convincing proof the dualist vision is right.
Read the whole article in New Scientist |
wow.. that is incredible stuff!
Im going to look into this a bit more.